Hey Laura, nice to see you again too. We've seen lots of nice places, and lots of places we can afford ... but they're never the same place.

Hey John, how's things? Tell me Sydney's beautiful.

Welcome back John.

Okay, this is the first time I've ever had to threadsuck bureaucracy.

I think I voted right, but I didn't get a ballot confirmation so jengod, could you let me know that I did it right when you get a chance?

I have to admit that after reading items 2 & 3 regarding quorum, majority and simple majority, I am a little confused as to the synergy of these two items. But maybe that's just me.

YAY you guys! What great stuff to wake up to! (Seriously, I love process.)

And no, even if I think it's important, I bail if it goes on too long, or comes around too often. Because, really, it stops being worth it, when you tally time and effort and sometimes blood pressure.

I'm with ita on this one. And I do hope that if a lot of people think we don't need to vote, they will vote this one time, and then we'll know.

And to repeat most of what amych said:

Whatever the result of this vote, I want to thank Jon for the form (I just used it, and it was fucking great), Cindy for drafting the ballot, jengod the tallymistress for going where no Florida board of elections dares to tread, Sophia for general organizational godliness, and especially, everyone who's sustained a generally civil, thorough, well-reasoned, and always Buffista-worthy discussion about the deepest level of bureaucratic nitty-gritty. I can't remember another organization I've been in where this kind of stuff hasn't made me roll my eyes and want to throw pointy things at my fellow members.

I have no idea what'll happen when the votes are in. Maybe we'll go back to the way we've always done things; maybe we'll go on to other votes; maybe we'll call a constitutional convention and and then I'll want to throw things. Doesn't matter.

What matters is that right now, I'm happy as hell with this community. A lot of the vague ill-feeling I had before the WX break has dissipated. Even if it's just one vote, we've done something right.

What Jesse said that amych said. To shorten, thanks to Jon, Cindy, jengod, Sophia, everyone who's sustained a generally civil, thorough, well-reasoned, and always Buffista-worthy discussion about the deepest level of bureaucratic nitty-gritty, and ita.

Oh-- and thanks Jesse (and david and Gar and Laura and Elena and ita) who were around last night to help see to the posting (I think that was the late night crew.

I don't know what to say about the quorum/majority. i find it confusing, too. I had to have it explained to me about 45 times.

What Jesse said that amych said. To shorten, thanks to Jon, Cindy, jengod, Sophia, everyone who's sustained a generally civil, thorough, well-reasoned, and always Buffista-worthy discussion about the deepest level of bureaucratic nitty-gritty, and ita.

What Dana said. t /still catching up - this is one discussion I insist on reading through

Big ups to the spammers, too!

To go even more meta, what Nilly said.

I voted, and I hope I did it right. Either way, it was a pleasure.

What matters is that right now, I'm happy as hell with this community. A lot of the vague ill-feeling I had before the WX break has dissipated. Even if it's just one vote, we've done something right.

I feel this way too. I feel like we took an active and positive and difficult step to deal with the things which were causing dissatisfaction in our community. I feel better about us. I forgot to thank jengod! And she's doing all the grunt work.